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"Gossip Girl" alum Blake Lively, who has three daughters, James, Inez, and Betty, with husband Ryan Reynolds, has been very private about their lives with their kids. She has always tried to protect her daughters from the whole paparazzi frenzy in the industry.
Recently, she took to her social media to call out an Instagram account this week in the comment section, asking the user of the account to delete a post that showcased Blake, Ryan, and their three daughters.
Blake has always been vocal about her disagreement over paparazzi clicking her kids’ pictures in the past as well. She called them out by stating, "This is disturbing. I've personally shared with you that these men stalk and harass my children. And you are still posting. You said you would stop. You promised me. This is not casual appreciation. This is also you exploiting very young children. Please. Delete. Please."
The actress also added, "Some parents are ok with this. We. Are. NOT" After listening to the actress’ complaint the account user deleted the pictures of her family, she took to her Instagram story to share that she is thankful for the ones who stood by her and showcased support. She wrote, "Thank you to everyone UNFOLLOWING accounts who exploit children. You make ALL the difference. Thank you for your integrity. Thank you."
A screenshot Blake Lively shared on her Instagram story. Image Source: Perez Hilton
This is not the first time the actress has opened up about her fear for her children’s privacy. In July, she came out openly to share her personal experience about how "frightening" it was for her with her daughters, during which a man was allegedly stalking the family and hiding once they had noticed. The comment by Blake Lively regarding her experience was noticed by, 'Comments by Celebs' Instagram account.
The actress wrote, "You edit together these images together to look like I'm happily waving. But that is deceitful. The real story is: my children were being stalked by a man all day. Jumping out. And then hiding." She went on to explain the entire incident by sharing, "A stranger on the street got into words with them because it was so upsetting for her to see".
Blake Lively added that she attempted to "calmly approach" the photographer, who "would run away" before reappearing to "jump out again at the next block." "Where is your morality here?" Vivaciously, Blake pressed, "I would like to know. Or do you simply not care about the safety of children?"
The Betty Buzz beverage owner had previously shared in a long post that she had managed to strike a deal with some photographers who had agreed to leave her kids alone, "as long as she took pictures on her own".
Many publications and media outlets have policies not to run paparazzi pictures of celebrity children. There have been various celebrity couples who have asked the paparazzi to maintain some distance and not click pictures of their kids without their consent. Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard initiated the "No Kids Policy" in 2014, which prohibited media outlets from purchasing and publishing images of celebrities' children. Sophie Turner, a fellow mom, was outspoken when she asked people to stop photographing her and her husband Joe Jonas' kid, Willa, in May.
Sophie Turner took to her social media to share, "She is my daughter. She did not ask for this life, to be photographed. It's f--king creepy that grown men take pictures of babies without their permission. I'm sickened, I'm disgusted, and I'm respectfully asking everyone to stop following us around and stop trying to take pictures of our daughter and especially printing them. It's disgusting, and you do not have my permission."
An open letter by Gigi Hadid for the paparazzi. Image Source: Glamour
Supermodel Gigi Hadid, who has a one-year-old daughter, Khai, with singer Zayn Malik, also wrote an open letter to the paparazzi asking them to ‘blur’ baby Khai’s face in the pictures.
After unauthorized images of her kid with actor Norman Reedus were posted online in January 2019, Diane Kruger made a heartfelt plea on Instagram for the public to respect her newborn child's privacy. The actress blurred her daughter's face in one of the illicit images she posted to Instagram, saying that while she understands the want to know what her child looks like, she wants her daughter to grow up in solitude.
Kruger began her emotional open letter with, "Dear fans, non-fans, paparazzi, and anybody with a conscience. These photos were taken without our permission and exposed a helpless and helpless baby. While we appreciate that some people might like to see a picture of our daughter, we as parents want nothing more than to give her the privacy and security she deserves."
Actresses Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner both spoke in support of an anti-paparazzi bill in the California Assembly Judiciary Committee in 2013, limiting the rights of paparazzi to photograph children of celebrities and public figures. In September 2013, the bill was signed into law in California.
